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Prompting Strategies May Improve Symptom Monitoring in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Prompting strategies on two large language models improved how the artificial intelligence (AI) interpreted pain and fatigue reported by survivors of childhood cancers for better symptom monitoring an...

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    Study focused on AI's role in monitoring pain and fatigue in childhood cancer survivors.

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    Analyzed narratives from 30 survivors and caregivers (819 total).

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    Compared performance of ChatGPT-4o and Llama-3.1 models.

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    Four prompting strategies used: zero-shot, few-shot, step-by-step, and generated knowledge.

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    More advanced prompting strategies led to better classification.

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    Findings suggest AI can enhance patient-physician communication and care.

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    Supported by grants from several cancer research organizations.

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Prompting Strategies May Improve Symptom Monitoring in Childhood Cancer Survivors

  • by The ASCO Post Staff

  • April 14, 2026

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